Yothu Yindi Foundation chief executive Denise Bowden said the entire community was excited to be part of history.
"Ecstatic is really the word of the day here on our lips," she told NITV's The Point program.
"The town is jumping. There's about 80 scientists in town in North East Arnhem Land, so if you plan to jump on a plane and head out there, there's absolutely no accommodation."
On Sunday night, NASA and Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) will launch a 13-metre rocket 250km into space, in the first of three launches in coming weeks.
The remote and red dirt Arnhem Space Centre will be a hive of activity as it prepares to launch its first NASA rocket. Source: Equatorial Launch Australia
The first of many
The site was chosen because of its proximity to the equator, ELA said.
ELA executive chairman Michael Jones said the company has been working closely with Gumatj Traditional Owners.
"We have the fantastic cooperation of the Traditional Owners and local people here who are supporting us as a venture and as a concept, to develop East Arnhem Land and to develop this as the premier spaceport in the world," he said.
The company hopes, if successful, the site will ramp up to dozens of launches each year.
Yothu Yindi Foundation CEO Denise Bowden says there will be educational benefits stemming from the historic launch. Source: NITV The Point
Educational opportunity
Ms Bowden said the event would be an important element to build into the work the Foundation has been doing in the field of education over the past decade.
"Ten years ago we wouldn't have expected to be talking about space and satellite launching and rocket launching, but here we are," she said.
"The possibilities are so unknown at this moment in time, but we certainly are building quite an exciting curriculum, including that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) work."
"We'd like to see a generation of workforce employment and training components that can be built into and interwoven into the significant and very rich Yolgnu curriculum and culture."
The launches come a few weeks before the return of the Garma festival after a two year absence because of COVID.
"We're dead keen to share this with the whole of Australia and we're really looking forward to the 29th of July" Ms Bowden said.
